Opal Verge | Seafoam-Winged Forest Bridge Dragon

The story of Opal Verge

A fictional story inspired by the artwork.

An opalescent dragon stands on a curved stone bridge with its neck raised toward a strip of twilight. Its seafoam wings catch the light along their webbed edges, and the pale scales stay visible against the dark pines. The tail curls down toward the ravine, echoing the curve of the bridge.

People living on either side of the ravine recognize this dragon by the way the bridge lights up below its feet. Each evening it comes out to inspect the stones, lingering wherever a fresh gap has appeared. In summer, when the water runs low, children bring pebbles to the bridge and leave them in the cracks they can reach.

The bridge and the raised wings are the strongest shapes in the scene. Beneath them, a turquoise glow separates the stonework from the dark banks. Small violet lights among the trees carry the color of the distant sky into the foreground and draw the eye along the dragon's tail.

This creature could belong to a story about a village divided by a deep wooded ravine. An injured traveler might need to cross the bridge after dark, or two neighbors might go looking for the dragon together when a section of the old crossing falls away.

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